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Healthy Boundaries -- 1 -- Boundaries . We learn about Boundaries beginning in our earliest years. Our families of origin set the stage for our adult lives and how we manage our Boundaries . What are they? How do we express them? How are they set and, once set, how do we maintain them? Learning about Healthy Boundaries (external as well as internal Boundaries ) is central to restoring health to an unhealthy relationship. Non-Assertive-to-Overly-Assertive Cycle. If a person is in a pattern of passive behavior it can soon begin to feel very violating and becomes intolerable. In an attempt to create more relational safety a passive person is likely to quickly flip into anger as noted by the lower arrows (in the above diagram). However, as a long term solution, anger and insult creates relational aloneness that eventually drives us out of our anger back to what we know to do to give up our harsh Boundaries for the well worn passive ones.

Healthy Boundaries -- 2 -- Boundaries and relationship.In unhealthy boundaries, there is a fear of saying ‘no’ because it would result in loss

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